12 cups on a coffee pot is really only 72 ounces. All my coffee mugs are 8 oz or more.
Anyway, I pay no attention to the directions and go by what I like. I buy expensive ground coffee, various dark roasts like French, and use only a rounded quarter cup for a whole pot. That's about 5 tablespoons. Probably too weak for some people. But the more you make, the less per oz you need, because the water is running through the grounds more and extracting more.
Plus I threw out my coffee machine. Smelled like burnt plastic no matter what. I heat water to just below boiling in a stainless pot and pour it over the coffee that is in a wide stainless tea strainer that has a fine mesh.
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